Geraldine F. Clough

Muscle microvascular dysfunction in central obesity is related to muscle insulin insensitivity but Is not reversed by high-dose statin treatment (2009)

Clough, Geraldine F., Turzyniecka, Magdalena, Walter, Lara, Krentz, Andrew J., Wild, Sarah H., Chipperfield, Andrew J., ...

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that decreased insulin-mediated glucose disposal in muscle is associated with a reduced muscle microvascular exchange capacity (Kf) and that 6 months of high-dose...

Endothelial dysfunction and reduced antioxidant protection in an animal model of the developmental origins of cardiovascular disease (2008)

Rodford, Joanne L., Torrens, Christopher, Siow, Richard C.M., Mann, Giovanni E., Hanson, Mark A., Clough, Geraldine F.

Endothelial dysfunction underlies cardiovascular disease (CVD) in humans and is reported in animal models of developmental origins of such disease. We have investigated whether impaired antioxidant...

What can microdialysis tell us about the temporal and spatial generation of cytokines in allergen-induced responses in human skin in vivo? (2007)

Clough, Geraldine F., Jackson, Claire L., Lee, Jacob J.P., Jamal, Sarah C., Church, Martin K.

This study examined the suitability of microdialysis to assess the time course of cytokine generation from discrete sites within the skin following intradermal injection of allergen. Cytokines were...

Cutaneous microdialysis as a novel means of continuously stimulating eccrine sweat glands in vivo (2006)

Morgan, Caroline J., Friedmann, Peter S., Church, Martin K., Clough, Geraldine F.

Previous studies of the pharmacological regulation of sweat gland function in humans have administered agonists or antagonists systemically, by local intradermal injection or by iontophoresis. This...

Dermal microdialysis in the dog: in vivo assessment of the effect of cyclosporin A on cutaneous histamine and prostaglandin D2 release. (2006)

Brazís, Pilar, Barandica, Liliana, García, Félix, Clough, Geraldine F., Church, Martin K., Puigdemont, Anna

Dermal microdialysis, a relatively noninvasive technique, allows investigation of the changes in cellular mediators released during cutaneous allergic responses. This technique was used to evaluate...

Cutaneous microdialysis as a novel means of continuously stimulating eccrine sweat glands in vivo (2006)

Morgan, Caroline J., Friedmann, Peter S., Church, Martin K., Clough, Geraldine F.

Previous studies of the pharmacological regulation of sweat gland function in humans have administered agonists or antagonists systemically, by local intradermal injection or by iontophoresis. This...

Histamine is released following aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy of human skin and mediates an aminolevulinic acid dose-related immediate inflammatory response (2006)

Brooke, Rebecca C.C., Sinha, Animesh, Sidhu, K., Watson, Rachel E.B., Church, Martin K., Friedmann, Peter S., ...

Acute skin inflammation occurs following topical aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT), but its nature and mediation are ill defined. As we observed an urticarial response, a potential...

In utero protein restriction leads to a down-regulation of antioxidant gene expression in adult male offspring (2006)

Rodford, Joanne, Li, Francois Y., Siow, Richard C.M., Hanson, Mark A., Mann, Giovanni E., Clough, Geraldine F.

In rats, restriction of dietary protein during pregnancy leads to raised blood pressure, impaired vasodilatation (Brawley et al. 2003) and increased oxidative damage (increased protein carbonyl...

Impaired endothelial-dependent vasodilation in old but not young female offspring of rats fed a protein restricted diet during pregnancy (2006)

Torrens, Christopher, Rodford, Joanne L., Wheeler, Timothy, Hanson, Mark A., Clough, Geraldine F.

In the rat, the restriction of dietary protein during pregnancy leads to raised blood pressure and impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in the male offspring (Brawley et al. 2003). Ageing is...

Microdialysis of large molecules (2005)

Clough, Geraldine F.

Microdialysis has been used in many tissues, including skin, brain, adipose tissue, muscle, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract, to recover low–molecular mass endogenous mediators, metabolites, and...

Recovery of nitric oxide from acetylcholine-mediated vasodilatation in human skin in vivo (2004)

Boutsiouki, Paraskevi, Georgiou, Sophia, Clough, Geraldine F.

Objectives: To investigate the relative contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to the vascular and neural mechanisms underlying the ACh-induced vasodilatation in human skin. Methods: ACh was delivered to...

Modulation of microvascular function following low-dose exposure to the organophosphorous compound malathion in human skin in vivo (2004)

Boutsiouki, Paraskevi, Clough, Geraldine F.

This study investigates whether malathion, a widely used organophosphate insecticide, has its effects on cutaneous vasculature in healthy human volunteers through its anticholinergic activity or...

Raised parenchymal interleukin-6 levels correlate with improved outcome after traumatic brain injury (2004)

Winter, Craig D., Pringle, Ashley K, Clough, Geraldine F., Church, Martin K.

Previous studies have suggested that an increased production of the pro‐inflammatory cytokines interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) and interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β) can influence patient outcome...

Raised parenchymal interleukin-6 levels correlate with improved outcome after traumatic brain injury (2003)

Winter, Craig D., Pringle, Ashley K, Clough, Geraldine F., Church, Martin K.

Previous studies have suggested that an increased production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) can influence patient outcome following a severe head...

Raised parenchymal interleukin-6 levels correlate with improved outcome after traumatic brain injury (2003)

Winter, Craig D., Pringle, Ashley K, Clough, Geraldine F., Church, Martin K.

Previous studies have suggested that an increased production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) can influence patient outcome following a severe head...

Vascular responses in the skin: an accessible model of inflammation (2002)

Clough, Geraldine F., Church, Martin K.

The skin is the most accessible organ of the human body in which to study the inflammatory process. Until recently, changes in vascular perfusion and permeability could only be superficially...

A microdialysis method for the recovery of IL-1beta, IL-6 and nerve growth factor from human brain in vivo (2002)

Winter, Craig D., Iannotti, Fausto, Pringle, Ashley K., Trikkas, Christos, Clough, Geraldine F., Church, Martin K.

Intracerebral microdialysis is used extensively as a research tool in the investigation of the neurochemical and metabolic changes that occur following acute brain injury. Microdialysis has enabled...

Effects of local blood flow on the percutaneous absorption of the organophosphorus compound malathion: a microdialysis study in man (2001)

Boutsiouki, Paraskevi, Thompson, John P., Clough, Geraldine F.

Malathion [O,O-dimethyl-S-(1,2-dicarbethoxyethyl)phosphorodithioate] is an organophosphorus insecticide widely used in veterinary medicine and in humans for the treatment of lice. In this study, the...

Inhibition by glucocorticoids of the mast cell-dependent weal and flare response in human skin in vivo

Cole, Zoë A, Clough, Geraldine F, Church, Martin K

This study examines the relative contributions made by inhibition of mast cell degranulation, reduction of mast cell recruitment and maturation, and lowering the responsiveness of the vasculature to...

Role of nitric oxide in the regulation of microvascular perfusion in human skin in vivo

Clough, Geraldine F

Nitric oxide (NO) concentrations were measured in dialysate from healthy human skin, in vivo, both at rest and during the inflammatory response to intradermal histamine or bradykinin. Changes in...

Endothelial dysfunction and reduced antioxidant protection in an animal model of the developmental origins of cardiovascular disease

Rodford, Joanne L, Torrens, Christopher, Siow, Richard C M, Mann, Giovanni E, Hanson, Mark A, Clough, Geraldine F

Endothelial dysfunction underlies cardiovascular disease (CVD) in humans and is reported in animal models of developmental origins of such disease. We have investigated whether impaired antioxidant...

Microdialysis of large molecules

Clough, Geraldine F.

Microdialysis has been used in many tissues, including skin, brain, adipose tissue, muscle, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract, to recover low-molecular mass endogenous mediators, metabolites, and...